title: [Application of autogenous artery to repair parotid duct defect].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To use autogenous artery to repair parotid duct defect, and to investigate the clinical effect.
  
  
  METHODS
  Anesthesia epidural catheter was used to support the parotid duct and a segment of superficial temporal artery was harvested to reconstruct the defect of the parotid duct. The patients were asked to revisit 1 month, 3 months, half a year and one year postoperatively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No swelling and salivary fistula was noted. The parotid ducts were successfully reconstructed with good patency and normal secretion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Using anesthesia epidural catheter to support the parotid duct, autogenous artery is excellent for repair of parotid duct defect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Shaoguan City, Guangdong Medical College. Shaoguan 512000, Guangdong Province, China.E-mail:524221332@qq.com.
authors.forename: Yu-feng
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Chi
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xi-tao
authors.initials: XT
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D001158:Arteries; D006801:Humans; D010306:Parotid Gland; D018987:Salivary Ducts; D014945:Wound Healing